REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - November 2, 2026 Monday, November 02, 2026 07:00 PM Online via Zoom

CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Davy

ROLL CALL 

Angarone; Chandler; Kassler-Taub; Rubenstein; Stern; Valenza; Mayor Davy

OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS STATEMENT

Notice of this meeting has been posted on the bulletin board at Borough Hall at 30 North Main Street and on the Borough website according to the regulations of the Open Public Meetings Act.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Meeting is now open to the public for comment. In an effort to provide everyone interested an opportunity to address his or her comments to the Governing Body, a public comment time limit has been instituted for each speaker. Please raise your hand and when the Borough Clerk acknowledges you state your name and address for the record. Please limit comments to the Governing Body to a maximum of 2 minutes.

POLICE PROMOTIONS

• 1.Resolution 2026 - 11.9 - Resolution Promoting Detective Daniel D'Ascoli to Sergeant for the Pennington Borough Police Department

• 2.Resolution 2026 - 11.10 - Resolution Appointing Lt. (OIC) Daryl Burroghs, Jr. Chief of Police

MAYOR'S BUSINESS

• 3.Elizabethtown Natural Gas Improvement Project Notice

• 4.Abey Drive, Mallard Place and Queens Lane Notice

MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS

• 5.Economic Development Commission - Gretchen Overhiser, Alt II Term Ending December 31, 2026

APPOINTMENTS (WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL)

• 6.Senior Advisory Committee - Beverly Tucker Term Ending December 31, 2028

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

• 7.Work Session Meeting - August 31, 2026

ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION

• 8.Ordinance 2026 - 35 - An Ordinance to Provide for and Determine the Rate of Compensation of Officers and Employees of the Borough of Pennington, County of Mercer, State Of New Jersey for the Year 2026

• 9.Ordinance 2026 - 36 - An Ordinance Increasing Rates Charged by the Pennington Borough Water and Sewer Utility, and Amending the Code of the Borough of Pennington

ORDINANCES FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION

• 10.Ordinance 2026 - 28 – An Ordinance Updating Chapter 172 of the Borough Code Concerning Leaf, Brush and Yard-Waste Collection and Providing for Registration of Commercial Landscaping and Snow-Removal Contractors

• 11.Ordinance 2026 - 29 - An Ordinance Prohibiting Cash Payments for Taxes, Utilities, Fees and Other Payments to the Borough 

• 12.Resolution 2026 - 11.11 - Resolution Withdrawing Ordinance 2026 - 30 and Ordinance 2026 - 31

  TO BE WITHDRAWN: Ordinance 2026 - 30 - Bond Ordinance Providing for Road Improvements to Sked Street,  Vannoy Avenue and West Welling Avenue in and by the Borough of Pennington, In the  County Of Mercer, New Jersey, Appropriating $800,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance  Of $760,000 Bonds or Notes of the Borough to Finance Part of the Cost Thereof.

  TO BE WITHDRAWN: Ordinance 2026 - 31 - Bond Ordinance Providing for the Acquisition of One Or More Garbage Trucks in and by the Borough of Pennington, In the County of Mercer, New Jersey, Appropriating $800,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance Of $760,000 Bonds or Notes of the Borough to Finance Part of the Cost Thereof Program

• 13.Ordinance 2026 - 32 - Bond Ordinance Providing for Road Improvements to Sked Street, Vannoy Avenue and West Welling Avenue in and by The Borough of Pennington, in the County of Mercer, New Jersey, Appropriating $800,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $800,000 Bonds or Notes of The Borough to Finance the Cost Thereof

• 14.Ordinance 2026 - 33 - Bond Ordinance Providing for the Acquisition of an Electric Garbage Truck in and by the Borough of Pennington, in the County of Mercer, New Jersey, Appropriating $500,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $500,000 Bonds or Notes of the Borough to Finance the Cost Thereof

• 15.Ordinance 2026 - 34 - Bond Ordinance Providing for the Acquisition of a Diesel Garbage Truck in and by the Borough of Pennington, in the County of Mercer, New Jersey, Appropriating $300,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $285,000 Bonds or Notes of The Borough to Finance Part of the Cost Thereof

COMMITTEE REPORTS

• 16.Personnel / Economic Development - Ms. Angarone

• 17.Public Works / Senior Advisory Board - Ms.Stern

• 18.Finance / Public Safety / Open Space / Arboretum / Landfill - Mrs. Chandler

• 19.Board of Health / Environmental Commission / Shade Tree - Mr. Rubenstein

• 20.Planning Board / Historic Preservation / Parks & Recreation - Ms. Kassler-Taub

• 21.Library Board / Hopewell Green Team / Net Zerio Committee - Mr. Valenza

COUNCIL DISCUSSION

NEW BUSINESS

• 22.Resolution 2026 - 11.1 - Authorize Payment of Bills

• 23.Resolution 2026 - 11.2 - Resolution Authorizing Refund

• 24.Resolution 2026 - 11.3 - Resolution Approving Raffle License RA: 1:26 for St. Matthews Church

• 25.Resolution 2026 - 11.4 - Resolution Authorizing Engineering Services by Colliers Engineering in the Amount Of $97,500.00 In Connection with Reconstruction of Portions of Sked Street and West Welling and Vannoy Avenues 

• 26.Resolution 2026 - 11.5 - Resolution Authorizing Purchase of Refuse Truck Under Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing

• 27.Resolution 2026 - 11.6 - Resolution Authorizing Conditional Offer of Employment to Crispin Prott as a Police Officer in the Pennington Police Department

• 28.Resolution 2026 - 11.7 - Authorization of Colliers Engineering to do Project Closeout for NJDOT

• 29.Resolution 2026 - 11.8 - Resolution Concerning Holiday Walk

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS

Borough Attorney - Walter Bliss

Chief Financial Officer - Lubna Muneer

Superintendent of Public Works - Rick Smith

Police - Lieutenant Burroughs

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Meeting is now open to the public for comment. In an effort to provide everyone interested an opportunity to address his or her comments to the Governing Body, a public comment time limit has been instituted for each speaker. Please raise your hand and when the Borough Clerk acknowledges you state your name and address for the record. Please limit comments to the Governing Body to a maximum of 2 minutes.

CLOSED SESSION

AT, PM, BE IT RESOLVED, that Mayor and Council shall hereby convene in closed session for the purposes of discussing a subject or subjects permitted to be discussed in closed session by the Open Public Meetings Act, to wit:

• 30.Personnel

ADJOURNMENT